14 09 2022 | Région Océan Indien, Préparation aux catastrophes, Réponse aux catastrophes, La Réunion, 2022, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Reunion, Indian Ocean Region, PIROI, Show
PIROI and its partner National Societies together manage 11 emergency warehouses in the south-west Indian Ocean, ensuring the priority needs of 45,000 people can be met in the event of a disaster. Such warehouse management requires highly accurate region-wide...
18 08 2022 | 2022, Disaster Response, Union of the Comoros, Comoros Red Crescent, PIROI, Show
Following the damage caused by the heavy rains last April in the Union of the Comoros, the emergency response teams of the Comorian Red Crescent (CRCo) provided material and financial assistance to 89 affected families with the support of PIROI. Last April, the...
29 07 2022 | 2022, Disaster Response, Madagascar, French Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), PIROI, Malagasy Red Cross, Show
Last April, PIROI/French Red Cross emergency response team member Céline White was deployed to Madagascar to help with the emergency operation being carried out there by Malagasy Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies....
13 06 2022 | 2022, Advocacy, Climate Change, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Disaster Risk Reduction, Indian Ocean Region, French Red Cross, PIROI, PIROI Center, Show, Training
In a context marked by ever-increasing humanitarian, climatic and health challenges, PIROI has set itself an ambitious target: that of reducing the impact of natural hazard-related disasters, health crises, and climate change for south-west Indian Ocean communities....
19 04 2022 | Disaster Response, Mozambique, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Mozambique Red Cross
Intense Tropical Cyclone Gombe hit Mozambique’s Nampula Province on 11 March 2022, causing considerable human and material damage. In response to the humanitarian need, PIROI – the French Red Cross’s Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform – has joined forces with...
2 06 2021 | 2021, Disaster Response, International, PIROI, Show
Mount Nyiragongo, located near the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), started erupting on 22 May 2021 at 7pm local time. Two lava flows emerged from the volcano, one heading east towards Rwanda, and the other heading towards Goma,...
